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1. The Mysterious Balkans

The group for Art/Photographs of the: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, European part from Turkey, all countries from ex-Yugoslavia

Featured Work

On the Beach by EvaMarIza

Greece =========================================== / FEATURED in ‘Going coastal’ group
Cheerful in the rain by Denitsa Dabizheva

Panasonic DMC-FZ5
Macedonian ortodox church by DEJAN ALEKSOVSKI

Monastery Veljusa – Strumica
Flower balcony by Vida

Belgrade elevations
Split by Tom Gomez

The harbour area of the Croation city of Split. Split is one of the oldest cities in the area, and is traditionally considered to be just over 1,700 years old, although recent discoveries would seem to indicate that it may be several hundred years older. Behind the modern promenade is the Diocletian’s Palace built by the Roman Emperor Diocletian at the turn of the fourth century AD. Single RAW image Tonemapped in Photomatix Pro 3.2. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) / Sigma 18-200mm lens / Exif data from the JPG / F-stop f/4 / ISO 200 / Focal length 18 mm BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at Croatia or Eastern Meditteranean. Featured in :1. The Mysterious Balkans : 10 Nov 09
lake by vesna stankovic

koukounaries , skiathos , greece
Sveti Jovan Kaneo by Nickolay Stanev

St. Jovan Kaneo church in morning light at Lake Ohrid, Macedonia. Featured in The Mysterious Balkans. Finished 2nd in the Fabulous Balkans Architecture challenge of The Mysterious Balkans group.
Kravice Waterfall 1 by Nedim Bosnic

11-Nov-2009 Featured in The Mysterious Balkans group Camera: SONY DSC-F828 Lens: Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-200 mm (2-2,8/7.1-51) / . / Date: 19-Jun-2005 / Location: Kravice Waterfall, Bosnia and Herzegovina
View From The Terrace - The Paleokastritsa Monastery, Corfu, Greece by Lois Bryan

Featured in 1. The Mysterious Balkans November 10, 2009. / Featured in The Compact Group October 30, 2009. / Featured in á EUROPA! September 13, 2009. / Featured in ! #1 Artists of Redbubble ! September 9, 2009. / Featured in Greece and All Things Hellenic September 9, 2009. Best in Full Size Our visit to Greece was all too short … this particular image is representative of all of beautiful Corfu … taken from the terrace of the Paleokastritsa Monastery in July of 2005 with the Olympus C-5000 zoom. I’ve been playing with this image, off and on, for months so am not at all certain at this point what different things I’ve done to it. Pretty sure there’s HDR in there somewhere, with the original hand-held image duplicated a few times and put through Photomatix. I did a lot of hand painting … in particular of the flowers in the foreground … but then I think an Orton sort of blurred the details, so I went back and re-painted the white flowers. Also, several texture layers … one actually behind the water area (which was miserably blown out) to give it life, and one or two over the image as well. Not to mention some work in Levels and some Dodging and Burning. A labor of love, as they say, as the trip to Greece and Corfu were a dream come true!!! My thanks to CGTextures, Princess of Shadows of Deviant Art, and Ghostbones on Flickr for the textures.
Mecidiye Mosque by Jens Helmstedt

The Büyük Mecidiye Mosque, also known as Ortaköy Mosque (Turkish: Ortaköy Camii) was built between 1854 and 1856 and is located at the European side of the Bosporus River in Istanbul. © Photo by Jens Helmstedt The Bosphorus and the Golden Horn – 2010 Calendar Featured in The Mysterious Balkans
In the pink by Arie Koene

Balcony in Podgora – Croatia

Recent Work

SKIATHOS - Ready for lunch! by luanda

“MOOD & AMBIENCE” Group – November 2009 / “GREECE AND ALL THINGS HELLENIC” Group – November 2009 SKIATHOS – New Harbour AS IS – Straight from NIKON D 90 Greek people are really creative and cheerful. They love gather together, stay along with friends around the table eating, drinking and singing their songs At the same way they want to pamper the tourists and let them to feel themselves just like as they are at home… And what is more lovely than eat so close to the sea? Yeah, the table was just set almost…”in” the water….as You can see in the following shot… / SUCH A FANTASTIC PLACE TO HAVE A LUNCH!!!...Do you agree? Do U want to know all about SKIATHOS? Click HERE / To find out where SKIATHOS Island is situated, follow the green arrow on the map, at the bottom of the page!!! Click on the images below to leave a comment! To find out where SKIATHOS Island is situated, follow the green arrow on the map!!! / MCN: CXRB3-CEKG1-SV17G (s) / MCN: WEDUC-QFTN2-MAYYN (Wp)
Blue blue Mediterranean from Corfu Island by Meeli Sonn

Kassiopi in Corfu has one of the prettiest little harbours. / It was a thriving settlement in Roman times, then a quiet fishing village but now it’s grown into a sizable resort with lots of tourist appeal. This part of the Corfu coast is more rugged and less built-up than further south, so it appeals to people who want to get an authentic taste of the island. There is plenty of opportunity to explore the area around Kassiopi by going inland into the hills. Kassiopi’s horse-shoe shaped harbour is still home to local fisherman who bring in their daily haul which gives the resort plenty of character and colour. /
The Raven by Alexandar T.

...Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, / Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, / While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, / As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. / ”’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door / Only this, and nothing more.” ... / ... / E.A.Po. / . / canon 450,kit.
Giudecca Canal - B&W by Tom Gomez

Another attempt at something a little bit different for me. I generally stick to colour, but I thought I would try converting a few of my images into mono. The original colour version is below (click on the colour image to view it properly). Colourful Gondolas full of tourists, Vaporettos full of commuters, cruise ships and pleasure boats of all kinds can be seen navigating the wide Giudecca Canal in Venice, Italy. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, designed by Andrea Palladio and located on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. Facing the Bacino di San Marco, the church plays a central role in the panorama from the Piazzetta. (Information supplied by Wikipedia). Single RAW image Tonemapped in Photomatix Pro 3.2. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) / Sigma 18-200mm lens / Exif data from the JPG / F-stop f/4.5 / ISO 125 / Focal length 33 mm BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Venice or Italy. Featured in : I Love Italy : 21 Nov 09 Click on the image below to view the shot /
Postojna Jama - Slovenia by Arie Koene

Nov 20, 2009 : 811 views
Inner Circle 2 by Andrew Douglas

taken with Nikon D70 Islamic Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
Turkey by Night by Andrew Douglas

Taken with Nikon D70 / central mosque in Istanbul, Turkey
Ukrainian Dancers-Arkan by Yuri Lev

This is a man’s dance, traditional to the Hutsul region of the Carpathian Mountains. The dance is called the Arkan.

Our group (The Mysterious Balkans ) features work by local and visiting Photographers, and Artists. The Balkans are part from Europe, with great landscapes, amazing coastline, exciting, historical places and Churches, and Monasteries, and Mosques, and Castles, and traditional celebrations.

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Our Rules:
1 – All work must be of / about the Balkans region. The Balkans include: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, European part from Turkey, all countries from ex-Yugoslavia
2 – Please say in your description where the photograph was taken, remember it must be in the Balkans region.
3 – Please submit no more than 1 pieces of work per day.
4 – ABSOLUTELY NO NUDITY
5 – Please, don`t post macros, or flowers and animals – there are another groups for them.
5a. Please, if you add photos with people – they must be with traditional clothes.
5b. Please, photos with sea, sunsets, sunrise, sky, and etc. – from which you cannot understand that they are really from Balkan’s region, will be reject.
6 – Please, without abstract photos.
7 – PLEASE, BE TOLERANT!
There are not that many rules to follow, but anything submitted which is outside these few simple rules shall be rejected.

Please, be nice to others!

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